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walkie-talkie

[waw-kee-taw-kee] / ˈwɔ kiˈtɔ ki /
NOUN
handheld transmitter and receiver
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The Chinese require a formal diplomatic note, submitted well in advance, for every firearm and walkie-talkie the U.S. wishes to bring in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

On Sunday, McCullum was seen sending messages via walkie-talkie to the England players during drinks breaks as they squeezed home against Nepal in a last-ball nail-biter in Mumbai.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

“If he’s grabbing the walkie-talkie, it’s something important.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

Lebanon strongly condemned the pager and walkie-talkie attacks, while the UN's human rights chief, Volker Turk, said they had left him "appalled".

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

One of them said something else into his walkie-talkie and then they all hiked back through the sand and over the guardrail to their cars.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

The cameras zoom in on small figures of soldiers moving around the ruins, with the controllers directing the men on the ground through walkie-talkies, callsigns and headsets.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

Long-range walkie-talkies let the driver communicate with kids who have, for obvious reasons, decided to hide under the bed with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Fuad Farhat, 55, from the area's Bab Touma district, was supervising the deployment of several unarmed, black-clad Christian men with walkie-talkies in front of the churches.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

They had parked in the back of the facility, and they had walkie-talkies.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

A couple security guards rush through the hallways, walkie-talkies in hand.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed



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